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The future armament for Type 055 DDG: Ship-launched Hypersonic “YJ-XX“ missile, an HGV/AShBM type weapon, designed to defeat the USA's AEGIS Missile Defense System
From Klon at SDF:
YANKEESAMA:
In his public number "Asian Railway Station", Chief Railway Officer Xia mentioned numerous times the Hawk-XX hypersonic anti-ship missile (which Shi Lao suggested many times in his public number "Hu Yao Shi Lao"), whose penetration targets are very clear: breaking through the defense of the latest generation of "standard" series missiles of the US Army, SM-3 Block IIA and SM-6 Block IA. At present, this type of anti-ship missile has been launched by land telemetry missile, and will soon become the "shotgun" of Model 055 against the sea.
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Then from Bltizo also at SDF:
For those interested in the original source, Yankeesama's WeChat blog:
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/p0pTQbWP6vEkI7b9-rVpHQ
Claims a hypersonic AShM "YJ-XX" meant for 055 has done land tests
And the specific passage talking about YJ-XX:
席亚洲火车长在他的公众号“亚洲火车总站”中曾无数次提到过鹰击-XX型高超音速反舰导弹(施佬在他的公众号“胡诌施佬”中也有过多次暗示),该型导弹的突防指标要求非常明确:突破美军最新一代“标准”系列导弹——SM-3 Block IIA和SM-6 Block IA的防御。目前该型反舰导弹已经进行了陆上遥测弹发射测试,即将成为055型对海打击的“撒手锏”。
Basically he talks about YJ-XX being tested on land and how it is a hypersonic weapon meant to be launched from Type 055 DDG and designed to be capable of defeating SAMs like SM-3 Blk IIA and SM-6 Blk IA.
We've heard rumblings of YJ-XX in the past. I'm convinced it's most likely an HGV/AShBM type weapon, which would make sense for why Yankeesama mentions SM-3 rather than merely SM-6. Of course, we've seen this slide in the presentation a few years ago which directly refers to a ship launched hypersonic/AShBM type weapon.
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And from Henri Kenhmann (East Pendulum) on 24 April:
“The puzzle pieces begin to gather around the Chinese hypersonic anti-ship missile.”
Note: I just realized that Rick Joe (real name; now writes for The Diplomat occasionally) may have been using the nick "Bltizo" in SDF judging from the posts above by the two Hahaha, I just missed to note it earlier.